LAHORE: The draft Punjab Protection of Women Against Violence Bill has many shortcomings, rights activists said at a discussion on Wednesday. The event was organised by Shirkat Gah, the Women’s Resource Centre. The speakers expressed reservations over the bill, recently tabled in the Punjab Assembly, it has been referred to a standing committee. Lawyer Hina […]
KARACHI: “Never a fishing village, Karachi was in fact a fortified trading settlement established in 1729,” said urban planner and architect Arif Hasan at the soft launch of the I Am Karachi film festival held at a local hotel on Saturday. This was announced as part of the many initiatives of the I Am Karachi […]
ISLAMABAD: The Senate unanimously passed on Wednesday two resolutions, one condemning the recent targeted killing of a human rights activist in Karachi and the other criticising the exhibition of controversial caricatures in the US. The resolution on the killing of civil society activist Sabeen Mehmud, who was shot dead in Karachi on April 24, was […]
ISLAMABAD: Speakers have said that the proposed cyber crime bill has many lacunas which could be used against people indiscriminately. They were speaking on Wednesday at a panel discussion titled “Cyber Crime Bill 2015 — its implication on freedom of expression”, organised by the Pakistan Peoples Party Human Rights Cell at the National Press Club. […]
LAHORE: Various civil society organizations has demanded that Punjab government ensure the implementation of labour laws in order to address during a provincial dialogue on “Labour Issues, Bounded Labour and Role of Labour Courts in Justice Provision” arranged by Citizen’s Commission for Human Development (CCHD) in collaboration with DAI under EDACE Project. While participants of […]
IN the morning hours when you leave for office you find women, young and middle-aged, sitting in groups at the edges of the streets of several localities in Karachi — North Nazimabad, Gulshan, Garden, PECHS, Clifton — some chatting, a few ruminating, a couple doing needlework. These are domestic workers waiting for bajis, their employers, […]
The formation of a national network of civil society organizations on January 16, 2015 in Karachi augurs well for the critical cause of pursuing the implementation of Human Rights (HR) in the country. The conglomerate of these associations has resolved to play the role of a watchdog to monitor conforming with the conditions of the […]
The tediously lengthy list of guidelines for the media drafted as ‘war time recommendations’ by the Standing Committee on Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage is too school-boyish in content to merit even a passing critique. However, it would not be inappropriate at this point in time to warn the drafters off before they actually cause […]
LAHORE: A group of 10 baton-wielding men attacked a gathering of civil society members who were commemorating Salmaan Taseer’s death anniversary at the Liberty Roundabout on Sunday evening. They snatched and tore up pictures of Taseer and placards the activists were carrying. The men also beat up participants of the vigil. News of the attack […]
2014 has been one of the most difficult years for the Pakistani media. Due to the alarming, yet familiar, threats from militant groups, law enforcement agencies, and political parties, the Pakistani media remained bitterly divided. The annual press freedom report released here by Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) said that 2014 saw media professionals paying a […]
ISLAMABAD: Parliamentarians and representatives of print and electronic media failed on Tuesday to forge a consensus over coverage of terrorists and terrorist activities, with industry experts saying the government apparently wanted to impose restrictions on media organisations in the wake of carnage at a Peshawar school. A set of suggestions about changes to laws on […]
PESHAWAR: Members of the minority communities have urged the government to take steps to ensure protection of their rights. They were speaking at a consultative session titled “Religious Freedom and Rights Minorities” with media persons organised by a civil society organisation South Asia Partnership Pakistan (SAP-Pk), at the Press Club on Wednesday. All Pakistan Hindus […]
HYDERABAD: Journalists, representatives of religious and political parties, and members of civil society staged a protest demonstration against the illegal closure of Geo News for the past four months. Addressing the demonstration, Pakistan People’s Party leader Zahid Bhurgari regretted that Geo continues to remain shut even after serving the punishment awarded to it by Pakistan […]
LAHORE: The Jamaat-e-Islami , civil society, lawyers and people from all walks of life continued to protest against the Geo television network’s shutdown at a protest camp in front of the Geo office building on Sunday. The Geo TV network has been closed for 56 days. Pledging their wholehearted support and expressing solidarity with the […]
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